Drug observatories needed in the Caribbean

Without drug observatories in the Caribbean to collect and analyse data and to disseminate information on drug use and drug trafficking, hemispheric efforts will just be a shot in the dark, says US Deputy Chief of Mission Terry Steers-Gonzalez.

“If we are to make headway in this endeavour, we must put drug observatories in as many places as possible,” he said.

A national drugs observatory is a body that provides a country with factual, objective and comparable information on drugs and drug addiction and their consequences.